chlorine loss

Hello, I am having a very hard time trying to even get to the Target Free Chlorine level of 6 every day and maybe I am just just losing this much chlorine everyday and it's normal, but I figured I would check. Again new pool owner, so I am trying to figure this out. In the mornings I test and...

Ph 7.4 Alk 70 Cya 60 Fc 14.5 Cc 0 Hello, I have a 18’ round above ground pool. The other day I found a chipmunk floating in it. At that time the chlorine was probably at its fc Goal. I got grossed out and decided to bring the pool to shock level, and while It did reach my target for slam which...

I'm wondering how much is considered reasonable chlorine loss for a 24 hour period? Currently I'm losing about 6 FC every 24 hours with a CYA of 37 (also using 6 tabs left over from previous owner). My CC is .5 or less. Does this seem like alot of chlorine loss? How can I lessen it? Pool...

We got an above ground 16×48 Coleman pool last summer and due to various reasons... we never got to put the cover on it last year. This year, we had a lovely putrid green swamp, complete with a dead bird and large dragonfly larvae. We drained it, pressure washed it, sprayed it with bleach and...

Fire and foremost - the TFP forum has been so helpful to me since buying my home last year with my first pool that I am considering changing my username to something that more accurately reflects my transformation from "clueless" to "almost have a basic idea of what I am doing". With that said...